Really interesting discussion. I'm guessing most people will have seen the Ira Glass quote, but for me it's the best piece of advice and guiding light for creative work and maintaining momentum.
For me, this is the reason why Weekly Beats is an amazing idea and creative driving force.
Hope this is useful
]]>Personally, I think of care and attention (and love) as being part of craft rather than "spirit" or "creativity". $0.02
]]>Really dig rule 8. I've found the best things I do I find I'm unsure yet push on. If I analyse whilst creating I'm more likely to throw something out and you can only really sit back and analyse once finished. Once I lay down the foundation I go with it. Whether good or bad. Sometimes the end results are surprising.
]]>vinpous wrote:The question is, Mr Aday, does it NEED to be at the forefront, or can craft win out?
Not putting enough care and attention into something that you care about scares me into thinking that it will do bad things to ones work - and effectively, kill it. (DEAD)
<-- Which I guess I've just proven to my self that this is trueCraft could maybe win out, but that could potentially be killing one's own creativity and SPRIT? by just staying afloat for the sake of staying afloat.. waiting until something happens or inspiration hits when space and time finally merge and everything aligns, and you actually end up pulling though with something that resonates well with the individual as someone who creates something worth while and can be happy/proud of again..
27 weeks to go....
I like to treat my art as just play. It really frees me up, as there's no tension about waiting for the right moment, for the magical spark of inspiration to strike.
I found this article really freeing - https://www.corita.org/component/conten … rules.html
As it says, 'nothing is a mistake'
]]>The question is, Mr Aday, does it NEED to be at the forefront, or can craft win out?
Not putting enough care and attention into something that you care about scares me into thinking that it will do bad things to ones work - and effectively, kill it. (DEAD)
<-- Which I guess I've just proven to my self that this is true
Craft could maybe win out, but that could potentially be killing one's own creativity and SPRIT? by just staying afloat for the sake of staying afloat.. waiting until something happens or inspiration hits when space and time finally merge and everything aligns, and you actually end up pulling though with something that resonates well with the individual as someone who creates something worth while and can be happy/proud of again..
BUT! The problem is,
Are emotional states (just being into it!) (or exhausted of it) relevant to the craft's outcome.... ????
I think they are.
There may be no easy answer to this momentum status 'issue'
And this is just something to reflect on...
I do like george bowles response of being more loose and free with tracks (with success)
Hearing thing's like that inspires me to think about just diving into a synth next week ... sometimes that works.
No drums etc. Just jam. (which I can do, and enjoy doing)
27 weeks to go....
]]>This weeks was killer as it was a really long track at almost 8 minutes (had a challenge to get a long track done without putting myself to sleep). Making mix changes etc meant listening to entire track and that was a hell of a process!
But I made it!
]]>Losing steam so badly the last few weeks ... !!
The love inside has completely dropped out, Like - I know it's in there -- But right now it's locked out.
wtfffffffffffff
The question is, Mr Aday, does it NEED to be at the forefront, or can craft win out?
]]>The love inside has completely dropped out, Like - I know it's in there -- But right now it's locked out.
wtfffffffffffff 
Anyway, I love this project, and the welcoming supportive folks who are part of it, there's nothing better than hearing awesome original music and getting feedback from the creators of it. Thank you to whomever came up with this idea!!!
AMEN! 
I missed the first week, only because I didn't learn of the project until the first period was closed. I've come up with something every week since - except I missed last week, which is ironic because I was finally done with finals and in Spring break... I guess I needed a complete vacation.
Anyway, I got back on track this week and hope to keep posting all year. I haven't dug into the forums much, but just saw a mention of the 12eps project, which I hope is repeated next year. It'd be fun to have a little larger time frame to work through more coherent material. This project is a great exercise in how to piss or get off the pot, especially since I'm the type of person who'll never finalize anything if given the opportunity. I'm hoping I can incorporate the lessons learned this year into more structured and composed pieces instead of the little sketches that I'm coming up with here.
Anyway, I love this project, and the welcoming supportive folks who are part of it, there's nothing better than hearing awesome original music and getting feedback from the creators of it. Thank you to whomever came up with this idea!!!
]]>So I'm feeling pretty good so far, though I'm slowly lagging behind and struggling to meet my goals. I'm pretty sure this site and community is what's keeping me from completely screwing up my dedication 
and I'm very grateful for that!
so much emobeats!
EDIT: Yet, sometimes writing emobeats is fun too...
]]>